‘moving words’

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‘moving words’ is a story-time with live dance performance event for young audience that combines the art of contemporary dance with reading of selected picture book, with aim of making live dance performance accessible to a wider audience. This event provides the community the experience of an dance performance integrate with a an inclusive and specially tailored movement workshop. ‘moving words’ is recommended for children age ranging from 3 to 8 years.

The main activity is the performance of an expressive reading of a selected picture book, showing a dance interpretation that follows the course of the story. Following the performance, there is a tailored creative dance workshop connecting with the story told. Each ‘moving words’ contains the following:

• reading a picture book during live dance performance

• talking to the audience about the story read and their experiences

• an inclusive creative dance workshop leaning on the theme of the picture book

“‘Moving Words’ has been performed at the Irish Arts Centre in NYC, at 20 creches, and at 20 schools in Fingal County Council. It has been extensively toured in various venues around Ireland and is currently being toured for the third consecutive year in Kildare Libraries.”

Book – Fin and the Wicked Fairy of Tara

Sit down, not for long though! Open your listening ears, your seeing eyes and get ready to enter a world where a wicked fairy and a giant come to life to try to scare you. Will Finn the warrior of the Fianna let them loose? We will all soon get up and move our greatest warrior moves, fly like a fairy, or hunt in the darkest forest. Wherever our imagination takes us we will dance it with fun games for the whole family.

Book – And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Is on the list of inclusive picture books to support the implementation of Aistear in a variety of contexts.

This book invites us to enter the world of imagination and embody the animals of the zoo. Get ready to spread your wings, shake off snow, walk, and swim like penguins, and take a ‘pretend penguin egg’ to continue the fun at home. A noteworthy lesson on family diversity, this true story portrays two penguins at the Central Park Zoo courting, building a nest, and raising their (adopted) daughter Tango. The story gains depth from the biological reality of same-sex penguin partnering. 

Celebrate the joy of storytelling and contemporary dance in this inclusive early year’s family event. Selma together with a dance performer, will guide you on an immersive experience, exploring a picture book in a unique and fun way.